On How To Defeat Dr. Qing Leng Chapter 44

Chapter 44 Chapter 44 Public

Pei Yan and Wen Yelan walked through the crowd one after another and walked straight towards the eye-catching couple at the door.The surrounding eyes followed them like spotlights.

“Dad, Mom.” Pei Yan stood still in front of his parents. He turned slightly to let Wen Yelan out, “This is Wen Yelan. Yelan, these are my parents.”

Wen Yelan felt his back tighten involuntarily.He raised his eyes and looked at Pei Yan’s parents.Father Pei’s eyes were sharp and calm, with a sense of scrutiny from someone who had been in a superior position for a long time, but there was no malice.Pei’s mother was different. She immediately looked at Wen Yelan’s face, with a gentle smile on her lips, and her eyes were more curious than judgmental.

“Mr. Pei, Mrs. Pei, hello.” Wen Yelan nodded slightly, his voice was clear, and he tried to look calm.

Pei’s mother smiled first, and her smile was somewhat similar to Pei Yan’s.”Hello, Ye Lan. I often hear A Yan talk about you, and I finally got to see you today.” She stepped forward and patted Wen Yelan’s arm in a natural and friendly manner, “I just listened to your speech from behind, and you spoke very well. We don’t understand much about glaciers and climate, but we feel that you are very stable and have something in your heart.”

This straightforward compliment made Wen Yelan a little at a loss. He subconsciously pursed his lips and said, “You’re flattering me.”

Father Pei also spoke in a low voice: “Young man, it’s not easy to do practical work. Ah Yan didn’t do his job properly before, running around and investing in a lot of random projects. As for your project, I think it’s a bit interesting.” He said this to Wen Yelan, but glanced at Pei Yan.

Pei Yan immediately raised his eyebrows: “Dad, what is chaos? What I call venture capital, diversified layout.”

“Including games and Internet celebrity restaurants?” Father Pei snorted, but there was no real blame in his tone.

Mother Pei smiled and smoothed things over, her eyes always falling gently on Wen Yelan: “Ignore them, just make noise when we meet. Yelan, I heard that Ayan said that your stomach is not good? You are usually busy with work, so pay more attention. If you want to eat, ask Ayan to take you there, or come home and let auntie cook it.”

Wen Yelan’s heart was slightly shaken. This kind of concern from his elders without any preconditions was strange and familiar to him.He nodded and said softly: “Thank you, auntie, I… will.”

“Mom, don’t worry so much, I can take good care of him.” Pei Yan interjected, leaning against him, and there was a sense of pride in his tone.

“You?” Mother Pei looked at him angrily, “You could light the kitchen on fire when you were a child. Do I believe you? Ye Lan, if he bullies you or doesn’t take good care of you, tell me.”

“He dares.” Father Pei added briefly.

The three members of the family talked to each other and the atmosphere was relaxed.Wen Yelan stood next to Pei Yan, and the initial nervousness slowly dissipated.He could feel that Pei Yan’s parents were not being polite, their acceptance and kindness were genuine, and they were even a little pleased that their son had finally “settled down.”

This atmosphere relaxed his tense nerves a little.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding guests gradually gathered around and exchanged greetings with Pei’s father and Pei’s mother, naturally bringing Wen Yelan a few words with them.Wen Yelan didn’t talk much, he answered whatever he asked, and his attitude was serious, which won him a lot of favor.Pei Yan was always by his side, occasionally blocking overly complicated questions for him, or answering questions naturally when he was at a loss for words.

Just when the atmosphere is becoming harmonious and harmonious.

A shrill, hoarse female voice cut through the music and voices in the hall: “Wen Yelan! You shameless! A bitch who climbed onto a man’s bed! Are you worthy of standing here to receive the award?!”

All sounds disappeared instantly.

The air was frozen.

The color on Wen Yelan’s face faded completely in an instant, and his body swayed almost imperceptibly.Pei Yan immediately stretched out his hand to hold him firmly.Pei Yan turned his head sharply and looked at the source of the sound, his eyes as cold as a knife tempered with ice.

The crowd dispersed like an ebbing tide, revealing Fan Qingzhi standing at the entrance.She looked well-groomed, wearing an outdated and wrinkled old dress, her hair was messy, her face was filled with crazy excitement and hatred, her eyes were staring in Wen Yelan’s direction, and she was waving a few pieces of printing paper in her hand.

“That’s him! Wen Yelan!” Fan Qingzhi’s voice broke with excitement, echoing harshly in the silent banquet hall, “What young scientist? Bullshit! He is just a salesman! He relied on seducing Pei Yan to get the project and get the money! They have been together for a long time! In the snowy mountains, in Beijing, in his shabby apartment! Dirty! Disgusting!”

She raised the paper in her hand and shouted hysterically: “I have evidence! I took photos! Everyone, look at it! Look at how Dr. Wen, who is so aloof on the surface, is under the man’s back – ”

“Security!” The dean shouted sternly with a livid face, his voice changing tone.

Several security guards rushed over and tried to control Fan Qingzhi.But she didn’t know where the strength came from, and she struggled wildly, and kept saying: “Wen Yelan! You ruined me! You stole my project and drove me to a dead end! You and Pei Yan, you two bitches must die! Do you think no one knows about your dirty things?!”

Every word she spoke was like a poisoned dagger, stabbing Wen Yelan hard.Wen Yelan stood there, feeling that all the blood in his body rushed to the top of his head, and then froze instantly.All the eyes around him were astonished, probing, disdainful or sympathetic, piercing him from all directions like arrows.

He wanted to move, escape, and refute, but his throat seemed to be tightly strangled and his limbs were as heavy as lead.Those deeply buried nightmare memories of the high school podium suddenly overlapped with the scene that was a hundred times crueler before him, dragging him into the cold abyss.

Pei Yan felt the violent trembling and coldness of the person in his arms.The overwhelming anger swallowed up all his reason in an instant. He let go of Wen Yelan and rushed towards Fan Qingzhi with a posture that was meant to kill someone.

At this moment, a steady and strong hand pressed Pei Yan’s shoulder.It’s Father Pei.

“Pei Yan.” Father Pei’s voice was not high, but it carried unquestionable majesty, “Don’t go there.”

Pei Yan’s forehead veins popped out, his fists clenched loudly, his red eyes stared at Fan Qingzhi who was still yelling, and his chest heaved violently.

Pei’s mother immediately stood on the other side of Wen Yelan and gently held his cold and stiff hand.Her hands were warm, conveying silent support.

The security guard finally restrained Fan Qingzhi, who was struggling wildly and uttering obscene words, and dragged her outside.Her yelling and cursing gradually faded away, but the dead silence and countless glances left behind were more suffocating than the noise just now.

Everyone’s eyes were focused on the young scientist at the bottom of the stage, who was being held by Pei Yan and held by Pei’s mother, and whose face was as pale as paper.

No one noticed that in the shadow of the last row of the banquet hall, Bai Yu suddenly clenched the wine glass in her hand, her knuckles turning white from the force.For the first time, his gentle face was distorted almost out of control, and the eyes behind the lenses were frighteningly sinister.

Regret was like a poisonous snake gnawing at his heart.How could he think that giving money away would be enough?How could you think that crazy woman would keep her word?He should just make her disappear!Disappear cleanly!Instead of keeping her and giving her the opportunity to hurt his Xiaolan here in the dirtiest way!

He looked at Wen Yelan’s instantly pale face, and at the stiffness of that thin figure under countless gazes, and his heart felt as if it had been cut repeatedly by a dull knife.It was him…it was his misjudgment that caused the disaster.

Wen Yelan closed his eyes.It’s over.It’s all over.His career, his reputation, and the little bit of warmth and light he had just mustered up the courage to grasp were all torn apart in public at this moment and trampled into the mud.He could even feel Ling Yue’s frightened gasps next to him, and could imagine the complicated and unspeakable looks in his colleagues’ eyes at this moment.And Pei Yan’s parents… They had shown kindness and acceptance just now, but in the blink of an eye they saw such an unbearable scene…

What should he do?Deny?explain?Or… just like countless times in the past, suffer in silence and then completely withdraw into your own shell?

Just when he was almost overwhelmed by the shame and despair, he felt Pei Yan hug him tightly again.Pei Yan’s breath was heavy and filled with unresolved anger, but his movements were extremely firm.

Then, Pei Yan let go of him, took a step forward, half-blocked him behind him, and faced the entire banquet hall in silence.

Pei Yan’s eyes swept across the audience. The eyes that always looked at Wen Yelan with love were now only cold and sharp with a burning pot.He spoke in a voice that everyone could hear clearly, with his usual arrogance:

“Everyone.”

Two words silenced all the whispers.

“Everyone heard what the crazy woman said just now.” Pei Yan’s voice was low, but she hit the ground every word. “She said one thing right. Dr. Wen Yelan and I are indeed in a relationship. We never wanted to hide it.”

There was an uproar.

Wen Yelan opened her eyes suddenly and looked at Pei Yan’s broad and straight back in disbelief.

Pei Yan seemed not to have heard the commotion, and continued speaking, speaking slowly, and every word seemed to have been carefully polished: “I chased him. From Mount Everest to Beijing, he stalked him, and it took a lot of effort. Why chase him? Because I fell in love with him, and it was love at first sight. He is a stubborn person, has a stubborn temper, talks little, and only holds glaciers and climate data in his heart.”

He paused and raised the corners of his mouth: “But I just like him. I like the way he works seriously, his awkwardness of being cold on the outside and hot on the inside, and the childishness he occasionally shows. Is it difficult to chase him? Difficult. But there is no one I, Pei Yan, can’t catch.”

His gaze swept across the crowd again, and finally settled on Wen Yelan’s face, which was pale but looking at him unblinkingly.Their eyes met, Pei Yan’s eyes were deep and focused.

“So,” Pei Yan’s voice deepened, with an unprecedented solemnity, “He did not rely on me to get the position, but I, Pei Yan, tried every means to squeeze into his life and his world. The Moon Foundation’s project was the one that I took the initiative to find their research institute. It was a formal investment and cooperation after I inspected and believed that his project was valuable and his team was capable. All processes are open and transparent and can withstand any audit.”

He turned to Wen Yelan and stretched out his hand, palm up.A gesture of invitation and waiting.

“Ye Lan,” Pei Yan looked into his eyes and asked, “Are you afraid?”

His voice was so soft that only a few people nearby could hear him clearly.

Wen Yelan looked at that hand and Pei Yan’s eyes that didn’t dodge at all.Are you afraid?Of course I’m afraid.Afraid of rumors, afraid of strange eyes, afraid of career obstacles, afraid that all this is just a dream that will eventually wake up.

But… if you let go now, if you shrink back now, then what are the previous attempts, heartbeats, and Pei Yan’s gesture of standing in front of him without hesitation at this moment?

The ice sheet in my heart that has been frozen for too long is about to melt.

He took a deep breath, gently lifted his cold fingertips, and then placed them firmly on Pei Yan’s warm and dry palm.

“Don’t be afraid.” Wen Yelan’s voice sounded. It was not loud, even a little dry, but it was extremely clear in the silent hall.He shook his head, looked at Pei Yan, and repeated again, more firmly this time: “Don’t be afraid.”

Pei Yan suddenly closed his fingers and held the slightly cold hand tightly.The corners of his mouth curled up to the maximum, with relief and full pride.He pulled Wen Yelan and turned to the crowd again, and the two stood side by side.